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Homemade Liquid Yeast

By Diana Rattray, About.com

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Ingredients:

  • 8 medium-size potatoes
  • 4 cups cooking water from potatoes
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 package dry yeast

Preparation:

Cover potatoes with water; cook. Reserve 4 cups of the cooking liquid; set aside. Finish draining potatoes and mash well. Add the reserved water and let cool to lukewarm. Dissolve yeast in a few tablespoons of lukewarm water. To the potato mixture, add sugar, salt, and yeast mixture; Let stand in a warm place for several hours. Pour into half-gallon glass fruit jars, filling about two-thirds full. Cover but do not seal. Put in cool place. Use 1 cup, or 1/2 cup if you have plenty of time, in place of yeast cake.

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